Research

Moore, G.H. (1983) Single Sire Mating Makes Sense

This article brings together some of teh evidence from Britain and NZ as to teh pattern of behaviour of stags during mating which gives support to the theory of single sire mating with hind herds of 50 members

de Lacy, H. (1997) Sire reference at last?

An article addressing the use of sire referencing for measurement and improvement of animal performance in the red deer indutsry

Ward, J. (2015) Sire Summary Report 2015-2015

Document enabling breeders to review the extended pedigrees of sires recorded on DEERSelect to facilitate decision-making on bloodlines as well as genetic merit. Report filtered by accuracy so not all sires have eBVs reported for all traits. W12eBV is reported if =>75% accurate while the others =>50%. As a general rule a sire should get an accuracy of around 50% by having his own record for that trait, but to have a higher accuracy like 75% he would need his own record plus several progeny recorded for that trait also.

Berg, D.K. (1995) Six fawns in a test-tube

Discusses the worlds first test tube fawn at Ruakura AgResearch, outlining the process of in-vitro fertilisation summarizing the advantages and the steps of the process

Fennessy, P.F. (1990) Software and Computers in Deer Management.

Smith, G. (1999) Soil fertility, testing and interpretation.

This paper discusses the critical importance of correct soil sampling procedure and gives examples of the effect of sampling error on the results obtained. The paper advises that because of variability in individual test results, trends in test results over time are more useful than a single test result. The paper explains the difference between biological optimum and economic optimum soil test levels

Gregg, P.E.H. (1999) Soils refresher to veterinarians

This paper discusses the direct and indirect indfluences that the soil resource has on animal production. Soil is a potential resevoir for infection, its drainage status impacts animal welfare, especially over winter, and soil properties and processes influence the quantity, quality and utlilisation of pasture by animals

Grace, N.D. (1999) Soils, pastures and trace elements in deer

This paper reviews trace element nutrition of deer and the effect that soil:pasture interactions have on the supply of trace elements to grazing deer

Suttie, J.M. (1994) Some attributes of antlers.

This abstract describes some of the unique properties of velvet antler - most importantly it is the only mammalian organ that regenerates each year and describes velvet's use as a tonic and restorative health product.
The paper suggests that the antler may be a useful model to study bone growth, nerve and blood vessel growth

Drew, K.R. (1984) Some comments about imported deer for velvet antler

The impacts that importing deer will have on velvet production and venison production

Montgomery, H. (1987) Some Laboratory Aspects of the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Deer.

Stevens, D.R. (1999) Some thoughts on pasture species for New Zealand

This brief outline covers some of the grasses and clover available and highlights some best bets

Wiklund, E. (2010) Spray chilling

Cowie, J. (1989) Stag breeding.

Fennessy, P.F. (1988) Stag referencing: an area of sire learning